Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-23 | Page 4 | Misappropriating the Charity Funds

MISAPPROPRIATING THE CHARITY FUNDS. There is no condemnation too severe se-vere for the impostor who enriches himself by capitalizing the misery of his fellow man, and for a man of that type the Helena Independent offers tnls censure. "True to predictions in this country, coun-try, which have become known among foreign nations as the most prolific field for the plucking of the verdant is being exploited bv psuedo-mission-aries and solocitlng agents who are lining their own pockets by preying upon the sympathies ot Americans with relation to relieving the distress of the various embroiled nations abroad About the meanest individual in the world. (It o be classed with ghouls and grave robbers, is the person per-son who defrauds the svmpathetlc by using the misfortunes of war victims or victim? of disaster as a means of lobbing the public A holdup man or a burglar is a gentleman and a decent citizen in comparison." The average man cannot under 1 stand the mental and moral makeup of the fellow who victimizes the sore- j ly afflicted people in the war zone I of Europe by diverting funds Intended for them to his own pocket.